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PART 2
SPECIAL PEDAGOGICAL FEATURES OF
ARCHETYPES OF WISDOM, 9e
1. Use margin quotes to generate class discussion of
important chapter concepts.
EXAMPLE: Here s a margin quote from Chapter 1 that seems
to anticipate any number of hot-button contemporary
concerns involving governmental (institutional) intrusion into
2. Use Philosophical Queries to keep students actively
involved in reading and thinking about key philosophical
concepts.
EXAMPLE: The following Philosophical Query from Chapter
11 makes an excellent discussion trigger to help students
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leukemia. Doctors advised the parents that a bone marrow
transplant was the only hope of saving their daughter s life.
Unable to find a compatible donor match, the parents took the
3. Use Learning Objectives to structure lectures, as
discussion prompts, and to formulate short-answer test
questions.
EXAMPLE: You might consider beginning each class with one
or two study questions or ending class sessions by assigning
4. Treat For Deeper Consideration questions as
opportunities to engage students in philosophical analysis.
As the name suggests, these questions are designed to
encourage students to stop and think, philosophically and
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EXAMPLE: A Chapter 14 For Deeper Consideration asks
questions that link Kierkegaard s claim that modern culture
lacks passion (in his essay The Present Age) to the current
watered-down use of the word passion by singing competition
5. Use illustrations to enrich class discussions and
emphasize the timelessness of certain issues. The
illustrations in Archetypes of Wisdom, 9e have been chosen to
touch students hearts and minds, to take advantage of their
EXAMPLES: The questions accompanying the photograph of
Dr. Phil McGraw (Chapter 4) raise important issues that can
be addressed in terms of Socrates claims about knowledge
and ignorance and then returned to when related topics are
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6. Use boxes as discussion aids.
EXAMPLE: The box Protagoras s Wager (Chapter 3) can be
used to provide an example of how entertaining and
annoying the Sophists must have been. It invites a discussion